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Turkey’s political dissidents face arbitrary prosecutions, report says

A new report from German human rights organization PRO ASYL claims that the Turkish government is using its judicial system to silence political dissent...

Legal community outraged as Turkish court ignores ECtHR ruling on teacher

Lawyers and legal experts in Turkey and abroad have expressed shock and disappointment over a local court’s decision on Thursday, again convicting a former...

Erdoğan crony’s firm ranked 48th among top 250 international contractors

Limak Holding, owned by Nihat Özdemir, who has close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is ranked 48th on the 2024 Engineering News-Record’s...

Parents referred to court for arrest in 8-year-old’s murder case in SE Turkey

Turkish authorities have referred to court for arrest nine suspects including the parents of an 8-year-old girl who went missing in southeast Turkey last...

Turkish court again convicts teacher of terrorism in defiance of landmark ECtHR ruling

Fatma Zibak A high criminal court in central Turkey has in a retrial again convicted former teacher Yüksel Yalçınkaya of terrorism due to his links...

Minister denies recent report of massive personal data breach, confirms earlier leak

Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has denied allegations of a massive new data breach affecting millions of Turkish citizens while acknowledging an...

Turkey probing killing of activist in occupied West Bank

Turkey is investigating the killing of a US-Turkish activist during a protest in the West Bank, the justice minister said Thursday, adding that Ankara...

Education should focus on instilling religious values, not knowledge, says former army chief

Former chief of Turkish General Staff Hulusi Akar sparked criticism after saying that the purpose of education is to instill a fear of God...

Turkish-American activist’s family awaits body for burial

The family of a Turkish-American activist killed during a protest in the occupied West Bank is expecting to bury her in Turkey, her uncle...

Turkish Olympic shooter receives $164,000 award for silver medal at Paris 2024

Yusuf Dikeç, who along with his teammate won a silver medal in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event at the 2024 Olympic Games...

Biden wants Israel to provide ‘full accountability’ for Turkish activist’s killing after calling it an ‘accident’

One day after calling the killing of a Turkish-American activist by Israeli forces in the West Bank an “accident,” US President Joe Biden has...

Meta says can’t help with deleted WhatsApp messages to solve girl’s murder in Turkey

A senior official from Meta Platforms has said it is impossible for the company to give Turkish authorities the deleted WhatsApp conversations of people...

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